Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 4, 2012
Fārūq Husnī, the former minister of culture, said he hoped there would be no plans to settle accounts with him over his past remarks regarding his position towards the hijāb, noting the he sticks to his personal conviction that the hijāb should be classified as personal option.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 19, 2012
Pope Tawāḍrus II, in a written speech delivered on his behalf by Bishop Pachomius, underlined the importance of an undivided patronizing of the church at the level of all parishes, stressing joint action and unity for the sake of the nation’s peace.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 25, 2012
The majority of Egyptian courts continued their work while other courts went on a strike in protest against the new constitutional declaration issued by President Muḥammad Mursī last week.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 18, 2012
Former Grand Muftī of the Republic Shaykh Naṣr Farīd Wāṣil, who represents the Azhar on the constituent assembly writing a new constitution for Egypt, said he does not see any reason for the withdrawal of the representatives of churches from the constitution panel, adding the differences are not...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 2, 2012
Bishop Armiyā, secretary of late Pope Shenouda III, said it was the Holy Synod that picked Bishop Pachomius as acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, wondering why Bishop Pachomius should be relieved now.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 2, 2012
The church had commenced on Monday (October 1) fasting for three days to pray for the smooth election of the 118th pope of the See of Saint Mark.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 16, 2012
The nominations committee is holding a meeting at the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah under acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius to reconsider the date for holding the election.
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 3, 2012
Albair Sābir ‘Ayyād, a 27-year-old Christian young man who is under investigative custody on charges he disdained religions, dismissed the accusations and said what he spoke about on his social media networking websites Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages already exist in comparative theology and...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 31, 2012
Al-Shurūq al-Jadīd newspaper published a cartoon deriding the Muslim Brotherhood’s domination over state positions. It showed three Christian clergymen telling a child, supposedly the one to take the alter lot to name of one three finalists as pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church on Sunday (November...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 31, 2012
Sunday (November 4) will mark the altar lot that would name a new pope to succeed Pope Shenouda III, who passed away on March 17, 2012, among three candidates – Bishop Raphael, Bishop Tawdrus and Archpriest Raphael Ava Mina.